Een publicatie van Stichting Reis van de Razzia (c)2024

“Once I got back home, I was a couple of years older. I went through a lot. I think it does make you stronger. At home, in the past, you were looked after, now you had to take care of everything and do anything on your own. That experience has been an empowerment. It was a lot easier to draw a certain strength from it in years to follow.

Jan Beuzenberg, 18 years old in November 1944

Journey through the Hinterland

The retrospective account of the “Journey through the Hinterland” starts with the razzia of Rotterdam in 1944 and takes us far afield from the surroundings of the Rotterdam harbors, from the period of ‘Wederopbouw’ (reconstruction) to the development of the European Union.

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Project Journey of the Razzia (Reis van de Razzia): “A fine instrument for further research!” (Dr. Madelon de Keizer)

Chronicle of a Governors’ Association: “I quite like this quirky collection of socio-historical research” (Louise Corti, Director Collections Developement and Data Publishing UK)